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Does a defender still get terrain protection when the attacker is in the same type of terrain (forest into forest)?

Several players agree each forest or town hex protects separately; the rulebook only covers hill height.

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  • Memoir '44 rulebook · Rulebook · Hills

Yes for forests and towns — each hex is its own terrain, so a defender in a forest still reduces an attacker's dice even if the attacker is also in a forest. You always see an adjacent hex. Hills are different: attacking from a hill at a unit on the same hill height has no reduction.

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